(note-
CP denotes graves within the sealed south-west section known as the Covenanters Prison) •
William Adam (architect) (1689–1748), with his son
John Adam (architect) (1721–1792) •
William Adam of Blair Adam (1751–1839), judge •
Alexander Adie FRSE (1775–1859), optical instrument maker •
David Aikinhead (1566–1637), twice
Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1620–22 and 1625–30 •
William Annand (1633–1681), minister and Dean of
St Giles Cathedral •
Robert Baird of Saughtonhall (1630–1697), Cashier of the Scottish Carolina Company •
John Bayne of Pitcairlie (1620–1681), Writer to the Signet •
Leslie Balfour-Melville (1854–1937), golfer •
John Beugo (1759–1841), engraver •
Joseph Black (1728–1799), physician (
CP) • Rev
Hugh Blair (1718–1800) •
Sir James Hunter Blair, 1st Baronet (1741–1787) •
Robert Blair, Lord Avontoun (1741–1811), judge (
CP) •
Very Rev Andrew Brown (1763–1834), minister and historian of
Nova Scotia •
George Buchanan (died 1582), historian and reformer •
James Buchanan of Drumpellier (1726–1786), twice
Lord Provost of Glasgow after whom
Buchanan Street is named •
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714–1799), judge (
CP – unmarked) • Sir
John Byres of Coates (Coittes) (1569–1629) •
Robert Cadell (1788–1849), publisher •
Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll (1629–1685), nobleman •
General Duncan Campbell of Lochnell (1763–1837) •
Very Rev Dr John Campbell (1758–1828), Moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1818 •
Sir Hugh Campbell of Cesnock, covenanter and MP for Ayrshire (1615–1688) •
Aglionby Ross Carson FRSE (1780–1850), rector of the High School 1820–1845, author •
William Carstares (1649–1715), churchman and statesman •
Colonel Francis Charteris (1675–1732), notorious rake and member of the
Hellfire club •
Robert Chieslie (c. 1650 – c. 1705),
Lord Provost who lost a fortune in the
Darien scheme and died in Darien House (the asylum). • Prof
Alexander Christison FRSE (1753–1820) •
William Colvill (d. 1675), principal of
University of Edinburgh, location unknown •
William Coulter,
Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1808–1810) •
Bishop William Cowper (1568–1619) •
James Craig (1739–1795), architect and designer of Edinburgh's New Town •
William Creech (1745–1815), bookseller and
Lord Provost of Edinburgh •
Andrew Crosbie (1736–1785), lawyer and founding Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh (unmarked) • Sir
Hugh Cunningham of Bonnington (1643–1710),
Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1702–04 (CP) •
John Dalrymple (1734–1779), Lord Provost 1770 and 1777 (CP) • Prof
Andrew Dalzell,
FRSE Professor of Greek at the
University of Edinburgh (1742–1806) • Charles
Kemp Davidson, Lord Davidson (1929–2009), Senator of the College of Justice •
Forrest Dewar (1748–1817), surgeon, President of the
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1786/88 •
Alexander Donaldson (1727–1794), bookseller and publisher • Admiral
Sir Charles Douglas, 1st Baronet (1727–1789) •
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (c. 1516–1581), Regent of Scotland •
Adam Drummond of Binend (1679–1758), Professor of Anatomy at the
University of Edinburgh •
Adam Drummond (1713–1786) •
Very Rev John Drysdale FRSE DD (1718–1788), twice
Moderator of the Church of Scotland in both 1773 and 1784, son-in-law to William Adam and buried in the Adam mausoleum • Prof
George Dunbar (classical scholar) (1777–1851) •
William Dunlop (ecclesiastical historian) (1692–1720) •
John Erskine (theologian) (1721–1803) •
Mary Erskine (1629–1708), founder of
The Mary Erskine School (
CP) • Sir
David Falconer (1640–1685), judge •
Sir James Falconer of Phesdo (1648–1706), judge and Senator of the College of Justice •
Sir Adam Ferguson (1770–1854), soldier son of
Adam Ferguson (
CP) •
James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour (1700–1777) • Admiral
John Macpherson Ferguson (1784–1855), younger son of
Adam Ferguson (
CP) •
John MacMorran (1553–1595), Burgh official shot by schoolchildren. •
Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden (1685–1747), politician and judge •
Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet of Monymusk and Pitsligo
FRSE (1739–1806) and his son Sir William Forbes, 7th Baronet (1773–1828), banker •
Sir James Forrest, 1st Baronet (1780–1860),
Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1837–43 •
Alexander Forrester (1611–1686) •
Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone (1721–1793), judge (unmarked grave) •
William Ged (1699–1749), inventor of stereotyping (unmarked grave) •
Walter Geikie (1795–1837), artist •
Arthur Giles (1834–1921), Princes Street bookseller and printer •
Adam Gillies, Lord Gillies (1760–1842), judge (
CP) •
Dr John Gordon (1786–1818), anatomist and anti-phrenologist •
Lewis Duncan Brodie Gordon (1815–1876), civil engineer • Very Rev Prof
John Gowdie (1682–1762), Moderator in 1733, Principal of
University of Edinburgh • Admiral
Alexander Graeme (1741–1818), naval officer •
James Graham (1745–1794),
quack doctor who pioneered
sex therapy and invented
earth-bathing •
James Gillespie Graham (1777–1855), architect (
CP) •
Lord Patrick Grant (1691–1754), judge (
CP) •
John Gray (died 1858), owner of Greyfriars Bobby •
John Hall of Dunglass (1650–1695), Lord Provost and his great grandson
Sir James Hall (1761–1832) geologist •
Robert Hamilton (advocate) FRSE (1763–1831), friend of
Sir Walter Scott •
Matthew Hardie (1755–1826), violin maker nicknamed the 'Scottish Stradivari' •
Franz Hedrich (1823–1895), German poet •
Alexander Henderson (died 1646), churchman and statesman •
Thomas Henderson FRSE (1798–1844), unmarked within the grave of his father-in-law
Alexander Adie •
George Heriot (1540–1610), goldsmith, father to
George Heriot •
Rev Prof John Hill FRSE (1747–1805), classicist •
Vice Admiral Sir George Home (1740–1803) •
Sir James Home (1790–1836) •
Vice Admiral Sir John Home of Blackadder (died 1803) •
John Hope (botanist) (1725–1786), his physician son,
Thomas Charles Hope (1766–1844), his grandson,
John Hope (lawyer) (1807–1893), and five other members of his family •
Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet (1573–1646) •
William Howison (1798–1850), engraver •
Alexander Gibson Hunter of Blackness (1771–1812), book collector and publisher in partnership with
Archibald Constable •
James Hutton (1726–1797), geologist (
CP) •
Sir David Innes (died 1866) •
Gilbert Innes of Stow (died 1832) •
George Jamesone (1587–1644), Scotland's foremost 17th century portrait artist •
John Kay (caricaturist) (1742–1826) •
Alexander Kemp FRSE (1822–1854), chemist •
Robert Kerr (1759–1813), scientific author • Rev
James Kirkton (1628–1699) in the Trotter vault •
James L'Amy of Dunkenny
FRSE (1772–1854), advocate and phrenologist •
John Law (c. 1632–1712), minister and prisoner on the
Bass Rock •
Sir John Leach (1760–1834), judge, buried in the Adam mausoleum •
John Learmonth of Dean (1789–1858),
Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1831–33 (
CP) and his ancestor
James Learmonth, Lord Balcomie •
William Little (1525–1601), twice
Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1586 and 1591 •
Sir George Lockhart (1630–1689), murder victim buried in
Mackenzie's tomb •
Thomas McCrie (1772–1835), historian, and his son
Thomas M'Crie the Younger (1797–1875) •
Alexander MacDuff of Bonhard
FRSE (1816–1866) •
William McGonagall (1825–1902), poet •
Duncan Ban MacIntyre (1724–1812), Gaelic poet •
Colin MacLaurin (1698–1746), mathematician, and his son
John Maclaurin, Lord Dreghorn (1734–1796) •
Hugh Mackail, martyr (1640?–1666), minister hanged at the market-cross after being tortured with the
boot •
Sir George Mackenzie (1636–1691), Lord Advocate •
Henry Mackenzie (1745–1831), writer and author of
The Man of Feeling, father of
Joshua Henry Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie (1774–1851) • Sir
James McLurg of Vogrie (1629–1717),
Dean of Guild, philanthropist, major investor in the
Darien scheme (
CP) •
John Manderston,
Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1819–21) •
Sir John Medina (1659–1710), prominent artist (the "sunken" vault on the east side) •
Alexander Miller (died 1616), tailor to James VI •
Patrick Miller of Dalswinton (1731–1815), steamship inventor •
Alexander Moncrieff (1613–1688), prominent 17C minister, grandfather of
Alexander Moncrieff •
Mary Arbuthnot Moir (1804–1900), friend of
Walter Scott •
Robert Scott Moncrieff (1793–1869), advocate and amateur artist, father of
Colin Scott-Moncrieff (
CP) • Dr.
Alexander Monro (1697–1767), father of
Alexander (1733–1817), famed anatomists •
Alexander Monteith (surgeon) (1660–1713), surgeon and apothecary •
Sir Harry Munro, 7th Baronet (1720–1781), military leader during the Rebellion of 1745 • Sir Archibald Muir, twice
Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1691–92 and 1696–98 • Prof
Alexander Murray (1775–1813) •
James Murray of Deuchar (1571–1649), wealthy merchant •
John Mylne (1611–1667), mason and architect • Sir
William Newbigging FRSE (1772–1852), physician •
Alexander Nisbet (1657–1725), antiquarian and author of
A System of Heraldry (grave location unclear) •
John Nisbet (1627–1685), Covenanter, hanged at the Grassmarket •
William Oliphant, Lord Newton (1561–1628), judge •
John Paton,
Covenanter and army captain, executed in 1684 •
Archibald Pitcairne (1652–1713), physician •
Captain John Porteous (c. 1695–1736), soldier and lynching victim, after whom the
Porteous Riots are named •
Gilbert Primrose (1535–1616), surgeon •
James Rae (surgeon) (1716–1791) •
Allan Ramsay (1686–1758), poet •
Archibald Riddell (minister), prisoner on the
Bass Rock and covenanting minister at New Jersey and Edinburgh • General
Henry James Riddell (died 1861), commander in chief of the Scottish army • Thomas Riddell, possible inspiration for J. K. Rowling's
fictional character who cannot be named •
William Ritchie (1781–1832), founder and editor of
The Scotsman •
William Robertson D.D. (1721–1793), historian and his son Lt Col
David Robertson MacDonald •
William Robertson (antiquary) FRSE (1740–1803) •
George Romanes FRS (1848–1894) (memorial only) •
William Roxburgh (1751–1815), botanist •
Thomas Ruddiman (1674–1757), classical scholar and grammarian •
Gilbert Rule (1629 (approx) – 1701), minister and the
Principal of
Edinburgh University from 1690 to 1701 •
Sir William Scott of Thirlestane (1670–1725), landowner and poet (
CP) • Sir
Robert Sibbald (1641–1722), physician and botanist •
Henry Siddons (1774–1815), failed actor, son of
Sarah Siddons, husband of
Harriet Siddons •
Sir James Skene (died 1633), President of the College of Justice •
John Skene, Lord Curriehill (died 1617) •
William Smellie (encyclopedist) (1740–1795) creator of the
Encyclopædia Britannica • Sir
James Spittal (1769–1842),
Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1833 until 1837 and his son Dr
Robert Spittal •
Sir James Stewart (Lord Advocate) (1635–1713), location of grave unknown • Rev Dr.
Matthew Stewart (mathematician) (1717–1785), father of
Dugald Stewart (unmarked grave) •
James Stirling (1692–1770), mathematician •
Sir James Stirling, 1st Baronet (1739–1805), three times
Lord Provost of Edinburgh and
Sir Gilbert Stirling, baronet • Rev
James Struthers (1770–1807), famous orator •
James Stuart of Binend (1716–1777), twice
Lord Provost of Edinburgh, father of
Charles Stuart of Dunearn (1745–1826) •
Prof John Thomson FRS
FRSE (1765–1846), President of the
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh •
Archibald Tod (d. 1656), twice
Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1646–48 and 1651–54 •
Robert Traill (1603–1678), minister of the parish • The Trotter family of
Mortonhall •
William Trotter of Ballindean (1772–1833), famous furniture maker and also Lord Provost 1825 to 1827 •
William Tytler (1711–1792), father of
Alexander Fraser Tytler (1747–1813), grandson of
Patrick Fraser Tytler (1789–1849) (
CP) •
Barbara and Mary Walker of Coates, rich spinsters who paid for
St Marys Episcopal Cathedral in the west of the city •
William Wallace (1768–1843), mathematician •
George Watson (1654–1723), accountant and founder of
George Watson's College •
James Watson (died 1722), printer and publisher. Founder of the
Edinburgh Gazette and
Edinburgh Courant. • John Watson W.S. (died 1762), founder of
John Watson's Institution, now the Gallery of Modern Art • John Wilson of
Kilmaurs, executed 22 December 1666 for his part in the
Pentland Rising •
Patrick Wilson (1798–1871), architect •
Robert Whytt (1714–1766), physician and president of the
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (
CP) •
Very Rev William Wishart (1660–1729), father of
William Wishart (secundus) (CP) •
William Wright (1735–1819), botanist ==Gallery==